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interior materials such as cedar and slate converge in this image. The contrast between the elegant slate floor and cedar ceiling is simply beautiful

Fireplace Surround :. Falls Creek Ledgestone; tile floors: Molten Palace, American Slate; Ceiling: T & G clear cedar

called affectionately Room with bunk beds by Warner customers, the children's room is actually a private place for play and rest with sliding doors barn that look and feel at ease in this mountain retreat.

The family feels Marianne to Barcelona, ​​Seville and Madrid before she started designing the house, the trip to Spain Hopping Would inspires Their house. 'When I Went there, It was all about plasterwork,' says Marianne of Marianne Amodio Architecture Studio . 'I would watch old men stand thesis and plaster.' She Realised This Was essential to Spanish architecture, so she covered the house with clean Entirely white stucco. The deep window Reveals Reflect Reviews another feature inspired by the Moorish architecture of the Alcázar of Seville, has the castle Asked homeowners Marianne to visit. The house's edge and rear walls are constructed using 2-by-10 studs INSTEAD of 2-by-4s to create the deep-set windows typical of Spanish architecture.

'They Were up for anything,' says Marianne referring to the homeowners' Willingness to explore and innovate with the designers and builders. They tore down the Existing bungalow, built the new house as wide as a standard plot Vancouver and allowed Went from there. The house presents a modern face, and it Would Be difficulty to guess from the street That It Was designed for couples oven.

Heath Colourful tiles surround the front door and climb up the wall and across the entry soffit. "We really saw as Those Being leaves' that frame the entry like a weeping tree, Marianne says . Most tiles are yellow, but some changes from green to red As They move up the wall, Representing the transition from spring to summer And Then autumn.

Laurel James' team painstakingly laid the tiles to line up one plane all , meeting the stucco edge perfectly. With the tile front porch, 'there is definitely a wow factor,' says Laurel. And while people May not Necessarily be thinking about this detail building's When They see it, ict seamlessness Reveals a harmonious cooperation entre homeowner, designer and builder. 'We Almost Had to think of it getting built in reverse,' with every detail regarded all the way through from start to finish, says Laurel.

The ramp shows the residents' intent to stay here for the long term. Aussi it runs next to one of Marianne s'more creative details. The cantilevered above-the entry room needed a support, and the flat roof required additional drainage, so she combined the two into one detail. The yellow column doubles as a drainage pipe runs along the perimeter That wall, drops down to a gravel rill and runs out to the property's perimeter drain. This Could have been something mundane, aim INSTEAD it's a playful feature That Really works.

The bright yellow front door prompts visitors inside. 'We wanted to be That front door welcoming,' says Marianne. Though much of the house is pure white, big time Such As this door are emphasised with color.

Instinct guided a lot of the color choices, and while Marianne says She Did not follow a strict method When choosing colors, sour She Did she make everything else felt good. 'They're a happy family, and we wanted the house to Reflect That,' she says. 'This project, to me, Could Be a real prototype. The finishes and the cosmetics are what made it personal to the family.

Door paint, Sunshine by Benjamin Moore.

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to the left of the front door, a dark turquoise tunnel marks the transition from the front door into the open living, kitchen and dining room. The compression of the tunnel and the expansiveness of the bright room beyond are an example of the contrasts Marianne created Throughout the house, entre Primarily wide gathering spaces and private rooms and throughways.

She cam up with a system of Organising the house by use. Different ceiling heights Distinguish public and private spaces and Increase the juxtaposition entre em. In public areas the ceilings are as tall as possible, so the rooms feel larger. Private or transitional rooms, with lower ceilings, feel smaller. The tunnel is 6½ feet tall at ict peak and opens into a bright white room with 12-foot ceilings.

Tunnel paint, Absolute Green by Benjamin Moore.

Grey floors ground the rest of the space and showcase more of the team's experiment. The floors look like terrazzo concrete floors Actually purpose are inlaid with glass chips. The team at Novell has SPECIFICALLY Poured concrete topping mix onto engineered Each floor to encase the in-floor radiant heat. They let the floors treatment before sprinkling a little in the glass chips, ALLOWING the glass to sink in a little. The floors Were Then ground and polished. Originally They HAD wanted to put A Few glass chips in here and there, They Decided goal to push the idea further Top and use more colors and sizes. Each floor: has a Slightly different color theme.

The kitchen , one of two in the house, opens up on the room's --other end. The dining table Expands to seat 12.

The family likes to cook, and Marianne Knew the kitchen Would play significant role in daily life year. Breaking down the overall square footage, Marianne Calculated That HAS Each adult about 360 square feet in the Entire home. To make The Most Of That space, She Kept everything as open and functional as possible.

the kitchen is bright, and the selection of the ight sliding wood cabinets stainless steel shelves over Contributes to That overall brightness. When Deciding whether a house will be light or dark, 'there's always a choice in the house,' Marianne says. I wanted everything to-have this appearance of lightness. 'Locally harvested Canadian maple is used Throughout the house.

Vantage point Were aussi emphasised by color. This view from the main floor down to the basement level ends with a bright yellow door cabinet. Above The staircase leads to the upper floor.

Four bedrooms of equal size are spaced out around the house to Enhance privacy and accessibility. The upper level, shown here, is a split level, with two bedrooms separated by a half flight of stairs. The basement level is an independent suite, and the main floor: has a bedroom and a wheelchair-access That bathroom can be closed off from the common living areas.

All bedrooms, though connected, sit off the main path through the house In Their Own spaces. 'The whole house works as this circuitous route, Marianne says. Private spaces are Easily accessible as seen here, goal aussi They Can be avoided. There is a freedom to interact if you choose to. It's this usability Amodio That is MOST proud of. The half flight of stairs leads up to the the bedroom the parents' use.

Each bedroom Has Its own bathroom. Amodio designed the bedrooms and bathrooms in An Almost modular way. Like the bedrooms, every bathroom, with the exception of the wheelchair-available first-floor bathroom, is Nearly identiques. Only one tile patterns Distinguish Them. 'There Was a real functional approach to a suite, Marianne says. Everything was designed to be egalitarian.